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Gail Shalan is a talented professional story-teller who loves narrating audiobooks from her professionally equipped home studio in New England.

In 2015, Gail was selected as one of Audible’s ACX University Up-and-Coming Narrators. She holds a BFA in Acting from Boston University and has trained with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Dame Judi Dench’s Mountview Academy, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Shakespeare and Company.

In addition to narrating audiobooks, Gail also adores acting Shakespeare and telling new stories—from local Boston premieres, to touring premieres at the NYC & Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.

Gail is currently at work narrating the award winning The Lady & The Lionheart for Blackstone Audio; Gail’s second title with Transatlantic author, Joanne Bischof.

German print rights for Joanne Bischof‘s THE LADY AND THE LIONHEART, recipient of a rare, 5 Star review from Romantic Times, to Konstanze von der Pahlen at Brunnen Publishing by Hannah Fosh, Liepman Agency, on behalf of Sandra Bishop.

Sheila Hamilton’s ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW is a prime candidate for the screen, and we’re honored to represent the film rights.

Originally released in hard cover by Seal Press, this highly dramatic and timely memoir chronicles the rising career of an Emmy award winning journalist and reporter who — in spite of her skills in investigation and observation — still missed the signs that her beloved, brilliant husband’s life was spiraling out of control due to a misdiagnosed and mistreated bipolar disorder.

ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW was a Booklist Starred Review recipient, nominee for the 2017 Oregon Book Awards, an Gold Medallion winner of a 2016 Independent Publisher Book Award. Mass release edition coming May, 2017.

The warmest welcome to you, Sheila. We’re proud and humbled to be working with you.

We are celebrating with Rachel Macy Stafford today as her newest book ONLY LOVE TODAY makes its way into the world. Huge thanks to her amazing launch team, and the dedicated staff at Zondervan who have worked tirelessly to get the word out in traditional and new ways.

Thanks also to The Salt Project for their stunning video work which is now playing on Target’s Showcase walls across the land. Their work so perfectly captures Rachel’s positive, love building, life changing message in her brand new book, ONLY LOVE TODAY.

We are always proud to see our authors’ books offered by various retailers, but we’re especially excited to stand beside Rachel today, and want to offer a special word of thanks to Target for creating this special opportunity to help Rachel’s book soar.

To purchase a copy of ONLY LOVE TODAY, please visit your favorite retailer, or stop in at your local Target to see Rachel’s smiling face on their Showcase wall, pick up a copy, and leave behind a little of your own “evidence of a day well lived…”

I truly appreciate enthusiastic reader reviews. If you appreciate deep characters, a touch of real life, and a well crafted but surprising happily-ever-after, don’t take it from me: read what Elizabeth H. has to say about two-time RITA winner, Wendy Warren’s latest Harlequin SE romance:

“KISS ME, SHERIFF is a beautifully fragile love story that will well your tears and warm your heart! The story was magical, the romance, heartbreakingly beautiful. I had tears streaming down my face more than once! And it’s not just a romance. It’s about learning to love in all forms. It’s about taking chances.”

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"...in this debut picture book, Pignat turns to simple acrostic poems to celebrate the variety and fecundity of nature...There are surprisingly few picture books of acrostic poetry. The form demands engagement and consideration as to how each poem relates to its topic word...In combination with rich illustrations that amplify the text, Poetree is a pleasing encounter with this literary form."-Quill & Quire on Caroline Pignat's enchanting picture book, POETREE (Red Deer Press)

Caroline Pignat's Poetree is a departure from her previous work. It's not that she is a stranger to poetry; her Governor General's Literary Award winner The Gospel Truth was written in free verse, and poetry was one of the forms used to tell the story in Shooter, her most recent YA novel. While reco...